Flush-door hanger.



G. PRISTAD.

`1:`LUSH DOOR HANGER. AlfPpIoATIoN FILED M126, 1909.

931,052. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

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G. FRISTAD.

PLUSH DOOR HANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR,26.1909.

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- APPLICATION FILED MAR.26,1909. 931,052

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFEICE.

GEORGE FRISTAD, OF GARRINGTON, ALBERTA, CANADA.

FLUSH-DOOR HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, GEORGE FRISTAD, a subject of the King of England,residing at Garrington, in the Province of Alberta, Dominion of Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flush- DoorHangers; and 1 do hereby declare the following' to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to flush door hangers and more particularly tothat class of hangers for supporting and guiding sliding doors to enablethe latter to be tightly closed in the door frame flush therewith.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of flush doorhangers which are adapted to support a sliding door to permitthe same tobe brought to an opened or closed position and when in the latterposition will fit tightly within the door frame and flush therewith.

A further object of the invention is the provision of this character ofdevices which will enable doors to be tightly closed, readily andquickly opened and that will securely lock the door flush within thedoor frame.

A further object of the invention is the provision of flush door hangerswhich are simple in construction, thoroughly eflicient in function oroperation, durable and inexpensive in they manufacture.

In the .drawings accompanying and foir'nr ing part of this specificationis illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention, whichto enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, will beset forth at length in the following description, while the novelty ofthe invention will be included in the claims succeeding saiddescription. 1t is of course to be understood that changes,modifications and variations may be made such as come properly withinthe scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

1n the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a car withthe invention applied thereto and the door being in a closed position.Eig. 2 is a similar view with the car door in an open position. Fig. 3is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking in the directionof the arrow.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 26, 1909.

y from the side of the car.

Patented Aug. 17', 1909.

Serial No. 485,908.

E ig. 4 is a sectional view on the line lof Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of one of the swiveled door hangers. F ig. (3 is a detailperspective view of the track removed Fig. 7 is a sectional view on theline THT of E ig. 1.

Similar 'eference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in vthe drawings.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates the vertical side wall of acar which is of the usual type and is provided with a doorway or opening11 forming an ent-rance and exit to the car. Mounted upon one face ofthe side wall 10 above the door opening 11 is a horizontally disposedtrack 12 the latter spaced from the said wall 10 a suitable distance andsecured thereto by fasteners 13 or in any other suitable manner. Theforward extremity of the track 12 for a disance is offset as at 1l withrespect to the remaining portion thereof by a curvature 15 so as topermit the offset portion 11 to lie in close relation with the verticalwall 10. For a greater portion of the length of the offset let of thetrack 12 there is formed in the wall 10 above the doorway or opening 11a recess 16 one end of which extends beyond and a distance from thepoint of curvature 15 of the track.

Parallel with and secured to the side wall 10 is a guide strip 17 thelatter disposed below and arranged at one side of the doorway or opening11 and coextensive for a greater portion of the length of the track 12for the purpose as will be hereinafter described. Upon said track 12 areadapted to travel sheaves or guide rollers 18 the latter journaled inpairs in hangers designated generally by the numerals 19 and 20, eachcomprising a swiveled hanger head 21 in which the pair of shea-ves 18are mounted. The lower edge of the hanger head 21 is formed with a rightangularly disposed flange 22 containing a suitable central opening toreceive a swivel pin or stem 23 connected to said flange and formedintegral with a right angularly disposed flange 2l of a door plate 25secured to the outer face of a sliding door 26. lt is of course to beunderstood that the hanger 19 has its door plate 25 secured to thesliding door near the left hand free edge thereof but the door plate 25of the hanger 2O is not connected to said sliding door 26 in the manneras is the one of the hanger 19 and which hanger 20 is disposed near theright-hand free edge of the sliding door.

Mounted in the sliding door 2G near the right hand free edge thereof areoutwardly projecting alining substantially U-shaped guide loops or yokesQ7 which receive a vertical bar Q8 the upper end of which is secured tothe door plate 25 and its opposite lower reduced end 2t) freely engagesthe guide strips 17 during the opening and closing of the said slidingdoor. The uppermost guide loop or yoke 27 engages suitable openingsformed in the door plate of the hanger 2O so as to permit lateralshifting of the sliding door when being moved to a closed posit-ion inthe door way or opening 1l in the side wall of the car.

Upon the sliding door` QG are mounted a pair of brackets 30 supportingand guiding a horizontally slidable wedge bar or member 3l one end ofwhich is formed with a wedge-shaped extremity or head 32 and theopposite end is connected by a pivot 33 to a link 34 the latter alsopivoted as at 35 to the upper end of a manually operable lever 3G thelatter centrally pivoted as at 37 to the sliding door. Connected to theedge-shaped head 32 is a flexible strap 3S which passes around the barQ8 and is also connected to the sliding door 2G so that uponn'loven'ient of the wedge member or bar 31 in one direction on thesliding door the said flexible strap 3S will operate to move the door 2Gout of the opening ll at one end thereof and in close relation to thebar 28 which will enable the said sliding door to be shifted to an openposition.

To move the sliding door into closed position it is necessary to shiftthe said door upon the track l2 into alinement wit-h the doorway oropening l1 which will cause the hanger 19 to travel onto the offsetportion l-l of the track and enter the recess 1G which will bring theleft hand free edge of the sliding door into the doorway or opening ll.New, the operator manipulates or moves the lever 3G so as to shift thewedge member or bar 3l to bring its wedge-shaped head 32 between the bar28 and the right-hand portion of the sliding door which will cause thesaid sliding door 2G to be shifted laterally into the doorway or openingl1 flush with the side walls 10 of the car and also lock the said doorin its closed position.

The particular manner of bringing the door to an open position will beclearly obvious therefore a detailed description of the same is deemedunnecessary and is herein omitted.

l/Vhat is claimed isl. The combination with a doorway, of a track havingan offset above said doorway, a guide strip arranged below and at oneside of the doorway, a sliding door, hangers having rollers adapted totravel upon said track, one of said hangers swiveled 'to the door, a barhaving swiveled connection with t-he other hanger and engaging saidguide strip, means receiving said bar and connected to the door topermit lateral movement thereof, and means movable between said bar anddoor to bring the latter into a closed position within the doorway andflush therewith.

2. The combination with a doorway, of a track having an oflset abovesaid doorway, a guide strip arranged below and at one side of thedoorway, a sliding door, hangers having rollers adapted to travel uponsaid track, one of said hangers swiveled to the door, a bar havingswiveled connection with the other hanger and engaging said guide strip,means receiving said bar and connected to the door to permit lateralmovement thereof, a slidable wedge member mounted upon the door andmovable between the latter and the said bar to laterally shift the door,and manually operable means connected with said wedge member foroperating the same.

3. The combination with a doorway, of a track having an offset abovesaid doorway, a guide strip arranged below and at one side of thedoorway, a sliding door, hangers having rollers adapted to travel uponsaid track, one of said hangers swiveled to the door, a bar havingswiveled connection with the other hanger and engaging said guide strip,means receiving said bar and connected to the door to permit lateralmovement thereof, a slidable wedge member mounted upon the door andmovable between the latter and the said bar to laterally shift the door,manually operable means connected with said wedge member for operatingthe same, and a flexible element connected to the wedge member and thedoor and engaging the bar upon movement of the wedge member in onedirection to bring the said door into position to allow opening thereof.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE FRSTAD.

lVitnesses A Hannon A. HAGEN, A. O. KOLDEN.

